The centerpiece of embracing our differences is an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images created by local, national and international artists and writers. the theme is "enriching lives through diversity."Art is a powerful tool to evoke social change. without uttering a single word, artists can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world.
since 2004, embracing our differences has used the power of art and prose to promote diversity. the centerpiece of embracing our differences is an out

SECONDARY DETAILS

The native language of this competition is unknown or unstated. The competition has an English website. This competition orginates from United States of America. The competition was first organized in 2004. This competition was organized 15 times. This competition is annual, it repeats every year. (
Repeats Annually ).

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS & JOINING

Age limits and restrictions (minimum / maximum age) is not given. Most probably, there are no age restrictions for this design competition. The maximum number of submissions allowed per each participation is not given. It is possible that there are no limits in number of entriesThere are not any restrictions for the number of submissions allowed per each participatnt; you can submit as many designs (infinite / unlimited) as you wish (Multiple submissions can be made with a single registration). Both individual and team submissions are allowed. The maximum team size is not clearly stated, the best-practice is 5 (five) people, but you should re-confirm it. This is an international competition, participants from all over the world can join. There are not any exlusive regional or territorial areas for this competition or this information is not stated. This competition is open to All. This competition is Open To All.

PUBLISHING AND AWARD CEREMONY

Competition results will be published but only the selected submissions and winners will be included in the book. Competition results will be published online, but only the selected submissions and winners will be published online. We are not sure if the competition organizers organizes a gala-night or similar event to celebrate the awards. We do not know clearly where will the ceremonies take place or where is the location of the gala-night. There will be a temporary physical exhibition of winners. (
The exhibition of this competition will take place in: EXHIBITIONVENUE. ).
We are not sure if the personal photo shots of designers get published in the results book. It is not very clearly stated if private informations such as contact details etc of designers get published in the results book. We do not believe that the competition results books are distributed free to all, this information is not given. We are not sure if there is a public-relations campaign run for winners after competition results announced.

AWARDS AND PRIZES

There are 3 types of awards in this competition. There is a fixed number of awards, number of participants do not change the number of awards. The total award prizes sum to: 2 Euros (€). The organizer will definetely realize the winning designs. Prizes/Money given only to awarded designs. Award details are as follows: Best-in-Show Adult, Best-in-Show Student, People's Choice, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A. The webpage address link (URL) of the complete list of remaining awards is not given.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS & DETAILS

Page and file limits for this design competition is not clearly stated.
Exact maximum file size permitted to be submitted is 0 KB.
It is not stated whether technical drawings or source files for this competition are required or not.
There is no information whether the competition requires physical submission or not.
There is no clear information on the accepted formats for this design competition.
The submission methods to this competition are not clearly explained.
Technical description of production methodologies is not asked for sure.
The competition call does not state that you need to submit a description of your concept, however it is best practice to submit if it is otherwise stated.
Pixel sizes are not clearly stated. Resolution requirements for the digital images are not clearly stated.
Paper sizes are not clearly stated. Resolution requirements for the printed images are not clearly stated.

EVALUATION, JUDGING AND SCORING

It is not clearly stated if the jury will meet physically to perform judging or if it is an online judging process.
The selection of winners is made by majority voting.
There is no public voting, winners will be voted by the jury.
The participants will not recieve a printed score sheet or see their scores online.
The participants will not recieve printed jury notes or see them online.
The competition organizers did not state if the designs judged by numerical scores or not and whether this information would be available to participants or not.
The organizers did not share whether the competition participants (designers) would be able to access or receive competition statistics.
Judging criteria are not stated.

Evaluation Methodology

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: The webpage address (URL) of the document that explains how the designs are evalauated is not given.

JURY DETAILS

The size of the jury is indicated as zero. Jury details are not given, it is possible that there is no jury and the judging is based on public voting.
Detailed list of jury members are not indicated for this competition.

Jury Members

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The webpage address link (URL) of the page that lists other jury members is not given.

DESIGNERS' RIGHTS

Information regarding design rights are not disclosed or stated.
Information regarding publishing opt-in and outs is not disclosed.
No information is available for the return of physical submissions.

WINNERS OBLIGATIONS

Total due fees and other required payments for this competition is 0 Euros (€). The obligations of the winners, for example if they do need to pay any more expenses etc, including advertsing, pr-making etc, is not indicated.
The organizers did not indicate wheather the winners have to participate in an event or not.
The organizers did not state if the participating designers have to make advertisement for the competition such as sending e-mails, post-cards etc for promotive purposes.
It is not clearly indicated if the winner designers need or given chance to work for the organizers or sponsors.
The organizers did not indicate if winners need or given chance to sell their designs to organizer.

Winners' Obligations

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The webpage address (URL) of the complete general terms of the competition is not given.

CERTIFICATES AND TROPHIES

It is not clearly written in the competition call if the organizers would send printed certificates for joining the contest.
It is not clearly written in the competition call if the organizers would send printed certificates for winning an award.
The organizers did not disclose if the winners would receive an award or trophy.
No information is available regarding if the competition permits the use of a winners logo or not.

PRESS RELEASE

A press-release to distribute to press members, bloggers, magazine editors etc was unfortunetely not provided.

DESIGN BRIEF

The design brief is not specified, you should check the competition webpage to learn about what to design.

Brief Text

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The webpage address (URL) of the complete brief & call for designs text is not given.

RESULTS

Expect this section to be filled only after the competition is finalized and results anounced to the public. Results have either not been announced yet or not available in this page. Please check the competition website in case they might have already been posted there.

Results & Pages

Winners

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The webpage address link (URL) of the page that lists other winners was not disclosed.

PR Results

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The webpage address (URL) of the page that lists the complete press appearances and media covarage of the competition is not disclosed.

DESCRIPTION

Art is a powerful tool to evoke social change. without uttering a single word, artists can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world.
since 2004, embracing our differences has used the power of art and prose to promote diversity. the centerpiece of embracing our differences is an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images (12.5 feet by 16 feet) created by local, national and international artists and writers. the display reflects the artists' interpretations of the theme "enriching lives through diversity." the exhibit is displayed annually at bayfront park in downtown sarasota. the 2019 exhibit hosted 218,000 visitors to bayfront park, bringing total attendance, since 2004, to more than 2,920,000.
embracing our differences invites you to participate in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. become a part of this exciting change through your visual art submission to the annual embracing our differences international juried competition. the statements accompanying each artwork are also vital and provide insight into our common humanity—as well as the differences that make us all unique.
the 2019 exhibit received 11,791 submissions representing 111 countries and 44 states including such distant lands as china, greece, india, israel, japan, romania, and thailand. more than 65% of the submissions were made by students from 239 schools.
the winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. awards are given for "best-in-show adult," "best-in-show student," and "people's choice" categories, with the last chosen by visitors to the exhibit. adult winners each receive $1,000; students receive $1,000 with $500 to be directed to the student and $500 to their school’s art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.
of great importance to furthering the mission of embracing our differences is the impact of our education program which, in 2018, served 39,211 students from 227 schools. more than 357,000 students have participated during the past fourteen years.
the 2020 exhibit will be displayed beginning january 18 in bayfront park in downtown sarasota.

REVIEW

We do not have an editorial review of this design competition.

WEBSITE

We do not have a website excerpt for this competition.

IMAGES, POSTERS AND BANNERS

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DATES & TIMELINE

This is a Straight, Single Step competition, , further timeline details for
2020 Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibit Celebrating Diversity Competition is given below.
Webpage address link (URL) of the detailed timeline for the competition is not given.

Detailed Timeline

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Submissions Start

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Saturday 5th of January 2019

Submissions End

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Saturday 10th of August 2019

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* End-of-period dates for paid competitions only.

FEES & COSTS

This competition is free to join for all.
Webpage address link (URL) of the complete list of any other fees or payments is not given.

Fees and Costs

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